Definitions from Wiktionary (put the brakes on)
▸ verb: (idiomatic, transitive) To stop (an event, action, or process) or to slow it down.
▸ verb: (idiomatic, intransitive) To cease to perform one's current activity or to decrease one's level of activity.
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▸ verb: (idiomatic, transitive) To stop (an event, action, or process) or to slow it down.
▸ verb: (idiomatic, intransitive) To cease to perform one's current activity or to decrease one's level of activity.
Similar:
put on the brakes,
brake,
arrest,
stop,
clamp down on,
put a stop to,
rein in,
call a halt,
slow down,
pull the reins in on something,
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